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The undisputed best-selling American writer of his time, Erle Stanley Gardner wrote over a 130 detective and mystery novels, the most famous of which feature the criminal defense lawyer Perry Mason. Gardner created several other popular characters, including Doug Selby, a virtuous crusading district attorney, the middle-aged, greedy private detective Bertha Cool and the knowledgeable legalist Donald Lam. Gardner’s works are noted for their complex plots and realistic depictions of legal proceedings, based on the author’s personal experiences working as a lawyer. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Gardner’s complete novels, with numerous illustrations, rare te...
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Dr. Hilton Devarest was a whiz at curing patients, but his private life was sick, sick, sick. He lived with a wife who was as warped as she was repulsive, a secretary who enjoyed fun and games with the doctor every morning before breakfast, a niece who believed nice girls finished nowhere, and a nephew whose only means of support was making women happy. Donal Lam and Bertha Cool got involved with the not-so-good doctor when he hired them to find some stolen jewels. But soon they were in the fight of their lives against a killer who thought murder was the best medicine, and was out to treat them to an overdose of death ...
Bertha Cool og Donald Lam er rystende uenige, når det drejer sig om penge. Det er en kendt sag, men når Donald uden at blinke sætter alt på ét kort i et gigantisk kvit-eller-dobbeltspil om 40.000 dollars, er Bertha helt til rotterne. Det er da heller ikke nogen helt almindelige spørgsmål, Donald må finde svaret på – mens stopuret er i gang: Hvad er f.eks. forskellen på ”død ved et ulykkestilfælde” og ”død forårsaget ved et uheld”? Hvorfor var det nødvendigt at smadre en køn ung dames cykel? Hvorfor ville garagedøren i lægens villa ikke lukke, da den skulle? Hvorfor var mr. Harmley så ivrig efter at tilbagebetale et venskabeligt lån på 250 dollars? Hvorfor var d...